He stands not alone. You would die before your stroke fell.

No, nobody but nobody can make it out her alone.

You'll know you're amazing when you get devoted to making other people amazing.

If someone is there to believe in you, to care about you and support you, amazing things can happen.

Mr. Feltner—who would not be "Mat" to me for a long time—turned to me and stuck out his hand. "Mr. Crow, I'm Mat Feltner. I'm glad to know you. I knew your mother's people. I remember the Daggets very well." There was nothing glancing or sidling about the way he looked at you. He looked right through your eyes, right into you, as a man looks at you who is willing for you to look right into him.

Cecelia, as with every look and gesture she let us know, was entirely at ease only in the company of her equals—a company that included, besides herself, only her sister. And of course Cecelia held some secret doubts about herself; you can't dislike nearly everybody and be quite certain that you have exempted yourself.

A good community insures itself by trust, by good faith and good will, by mutual help. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy.

Shreve had a brush, so I didn't have to open the bag any more.

The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.

My sister and I shared a bedroom our entire lives and I believe she discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So from the age of 7 until 17 we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia in our room, even those little stuffed Beatles that went on stands that are dressed as the Sgt. Pepper band.

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.